Discrimination in the squirrel monkey as a function of deprivation and problem difficulty.
- 1 January 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 57 (1), 15-19
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0049280
Abstract
Measures of proficiency in discrimination learning were not influenced by degree of hunger. It was concluded that performance on a 2-choice discrimination is relatively independent of drive magnitude. 17 refs.Keywords
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